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[Aosen]

Dear mister Pendra,

The Sundarian Federation is know for their excellent scanning fleets. The Hiocan Society has contact with a settlement in sector [6,-6], this lies without Union territory. We would like to ask the Sundarian survey fleet to thoroughly investigate this area, with our own Veh Halitra fleet we can provide the necessary protection. What are the possibilities and what are the cost for this?

Yours sincerely,

Merchant Aosen of the Trade Office of the Hiocan Society

[Thomas J.G. Pendra]

Dear Merchant Aosen,

We are happy to offer the Hiocan Society our assistance in the search for a suitable settlement location and are willing to provide a scanning fleet in order to carefully study the requested sector for locations that meet your wishes.

I would like to note however that, depended upon your wishes, the search for a suitable site will take a minimum of 20 . The costs and our fee will also depend upon your wishes. Suppose however that you would opt for the bare minimum, it would require an investment of 1500 / for 20 to cover the necessary scanningcosts (as per the rules), as well as a fee of about 75 / for 20 in order to cover 50% of the incurred friction costs.

Yours sincerely,
Thomas J.G. Pendra

((OOC: Settlement, the relevant rules are found here. I'd be happy to clarify things if needed))

[Aosen]

Dear mister Pendra,

Your offer seems reasonable. Currently, we are still with the Veolians in discussion for a Terraformation project. As we cannot do two projects at once we would need good planning. Which turns are the Sundarians scanning vessels available?

Yours sincerely,

Merchant Aosen of the Trade Office of the Hiocan Society

((OOC: Should I first make a settlement so we know how long we need scanning to find a good place?))

[Thomas J.G. Pendra]

((OOC: Zoals gezegd in mijn vorige post. Dat is afhankelijk van wat je wilt qua extra opties op de settlement zoals aangegeven in de rules. De minimale scanning time is 20 en afhankelijk van de extras maximaal 50 .))

[Brend]

((OOC: You always have to design the settlement OOCly and get it approved before starting the scanning; as per Settlement rules: System Design and Validation.

You can see some examples from the other two settlements: Approval: Veolian Settlement 1 system design and Approval: Praetorian Settlement system design.

I feel I would be remiss as a player to alert you to the economic strain of starting a settlement: the expenses for setting up a settlement are around 200 000 at the low and extremely efficient side, and the longer you have to keep the settlement around in a dependent state, the more you will see evaporating, at least 600 per turn and that's without making any progress. There is a reason that the Praetorian Empire and the Sundarian Federation cooperated to get a settlement going!))

[Stuiter]

((OOC: Hopefully I have some time next week to look into more detail to my settlement.))

[Aosen]

Dear mister Pendra,

We have finished the Terraformation of Ah'rak and have now resources available for exploring our neighboring sector [6, -6]. The Hiocan Society has had contact with a human settlement in this sector with two planets. When could you start with the scanning of the sector?

Yours sincerely,

Merchant Aosen of the Trade Office of the Hiocan Society

((OOC: My new system has been approved viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3163 and I would like to get started.))

[Thomas J.G. Pendra]

Dear Merchant Aosen,

We are happy to offer the Hiocan Society our assistance in the search for a suitable settlement location and are willing to provide a scanning fleet in order to carefully study the requested sector for locations that meet your wishes.

In order to reach 6, -6 in a timely fashion, we request access trough your Home sector and the use of your hyperspace lane for the duration of our travels


Based upon your wishes as specified by your office, and taking into account our expertise and available resources we come to the following:

The project will take 39 and costs for the scanning will be as follows:
* The first 19 will require an investment of 1500 / during which time we request a fee of 75 / .
* The final 20 will cost 2000 / during which time we request a fee of 100 / .

The fee is merely there to cover half of the friction costs incurred by our government as result of the increase in the amount of spendable income within our internal market.

Should you accept this offer, please inform my office at your earliest convenience so that we can make the final arrangements.

Yours sincerely,
Thomas J.G. Pendra

[Aosen]

Dear mister Pendra,

The Hiocan Society grands the Sundarian scanning fleet access to their sector and the hyperspace lanes during this project.

This project is expensive, but we understand the cost and accept your proposal. When can you start?


Yours sincerely,

Merchant Aosen of the Trade Office of the Hiocan Society

[Gerben]

((OOC: I would like to point out that the costs as currently proposed in my IC posts are merely the scanning costs as required by the rules, with a small fee to cover part of the incurred friction as a result of these payments. Scanning (and building) the settlement is a costly endeavor that places a significant strain on ones economy.))

[Stuiter]

((OOC: I know that it is expensive, but I am getting near friction cost and as it will take a long time so set up. My old system will be at it's limit and I would not know what to do with all the money.))

[Thomas J.G. Pendra]

Dear merchant Aosen,

Our scanning fleet is in position and ready to begin scanning for suitable settlement site. We could start scanning in 307 or 308 depending on your preference. We expect to finish 39 s after we start, i.e. 346 or 347.

Your sincerely,
Thomas J.G. Pendra

[Aosen]

Dear mister Pendra,

We would like to start immediately. The first payment is already on its way.

Yours sincerely,

Merchant Aosen of the Trade Office of the Hiocan Society